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com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">BasicBeanDescription</a></dd> 101</dl> 102<hr> 103<br> 104<pre>public abstract class <span class="strong">BeanDescription</span> 105extends <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a></pre> 106<div class="block">Basic container for information gathered by <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/ClassIntrospector.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect"><code>ClassIntrospector</code></a> to 107 help in constructing serializers and deserializers. 108 Note that the main implementation type is 109 <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BasicBeanDescription.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect"><code>BasicBeanDescription</code></a>, 110 meaning that it is safe to upcast to this type.</div> 111</li> 112</ul> 113</div> 114<div class="summary"> 115<ul 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com.fasterxml.jackson.databind">JavaType</a> type)</code> </td> 154</tr> 155</table> 156</li> 157</ul> 158<!-- ========== METHOD SUMMARY =========== --> 159<ul class="blockList"> 160<li class="blockList"><a name="method_summary"> 161<!-- --> 162</a> 163<h3>Method Summary</h3> 164<table class="overviewSummary" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" summary="Method Summary table, listing methods, and an explanation"> 165<caption><span>Methods</span><span class="tabEnd"> </span></caption> 166<tr> 167<th class="colFirst" scope="col">Modifier and Type</th> 168<th class="colLast" scope="col">Method and Description</th> 169</tr> 170<tr class="altColor"> 171<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/type/TypeBindings.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type">TypeBindings</a></code></td> 172<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#bindingsForBeanType()">bindingsForBeanType</a></strong>()</code> 173<div class="block">Accessor for type bindings that may be needed to fully resolve 174 types of member object, such as return and argument types of 175 methods and constructors, and types of fields.</div> 176</td> 177</tr> 178<tr class="rowColor"> 179<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</a></code></td> 180<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findAnyGetter()">findAnyGetter</a></strong>()</code> </td> 181</tr> 182<tr class="altColor"> 183<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</a></code></td> 184<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findAnySetter()">findAnySetter</a></strong>()</code> 185<div class="block">Method used to locate the method of introspected class that 186 implements <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.1/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonAnySetter.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><code>JsonAnySetter</code></a>.</div> 187</td> 188</tr> 189<tr class="rowColor"> 190<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</a><<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>,<a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</a>></code></td> 191<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findBackReferenceProperties()">findBackReferenceProperties</a></strong>()</code> 192<div class="block">Method for locating all back-reference properties (setters, fields) bean has</div> 193</td> 194</tr> 195<tr class="altColor"> 196<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedConstructor.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedConstructor</a></code></td> 197<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findDefaultConstructor()">findDefaultConstructor</a></strong>()</code> 198<div class="block">Method that will locate the no-arg constructor for this class, 199 if it has one, and that constructor has not been marked as 200 ignorable.</div> 201</td> 202</tr> 203<tr class="rowColor"> 204<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Converter</a><<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>,<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>></code></td> 205<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findDeserializationConverter()">findDeserializationConverter</a></strong>()</code> 206<div class="block">Method for finding <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util"><code>Converter</code></a> used for serializing instances 207 of this class.</div> 208</td> 209</tr> 210<tr class="altColor"> 211<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.1/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</a></code></td> 212<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findExpectedFormat(com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonFormat.Value)">findExpectedFormat</a></strong>(<a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.1/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonFormat.Value.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonFormat.Value</a> defValue)</code> 213<div class="block">Method for checking what is the expected format for POJO, as 214 defined by defaults and possible annotations.</div> 215</td> 216</tr> 217<tr class="rowColor"> 218<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Method.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Method</a></code></td> 219<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findFactoryMethod(java.lang.Class...)">findFactoryMethod</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?>... expArgTypes)</code> 220<div class="block">Method that can be called to find if introspected class declares 221 a static "valueOf" factory method that returns an instance of 222 introspected type, given one of acceptable types.</div> 223</td> 224</tr> 225<tr class="altColor"> 226<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Map.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Map</a><<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>,<a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMember.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMember</a>></code></td> 227<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findInjectables()">findInjectables</a></strong>()</code> </td> 228</tr> 229<tr class="rowColor"> 230<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</a></code></td> 231<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findJsonValueMethod()">findJsonValueMethod</a></strong>()</code> 232<div class="block">Method for locating the getter method that is annotated with 233 <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.1/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonValue.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation"><code>JsonValue</code></a> annotation, 234 if any.</div> 235</td> 236</tr> 237<tr class="altColor"> 238<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</a></code></td> 239<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findMethod(java.lang.String, java.lang.Class[])">findMethod</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a> name, 240 <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?>[] paramTypes)</code> </td> 241</tr> 242<tr class="rowColor"> 243<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?></code></td> 244<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findPOJOBuilder()">findPOJOBuilder</a></strong>()</code> 245<div class="block">Method for checking if the POJO type has annotations to 246 indicate that a builder is to be used for instantiating 247 instances and handling data binding, instead of standard 248 bean deserializer.</div> 249</td> 250</tr> 251<tr class="altColor"> 252<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/annotation/JsonPOJOBuilder.Value.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation">JsonPOJOBuilder.Value</a></code></td> 253<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findPOJOBuilderConfig()">findPOJOBuilderConfig</a></strong>()</code> 254<div class="block">Method for finding configuration for POJO Builder class.</div> 255</td> 256</tr> 257<tr class="rowColor"> 258<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/List.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">List</a><<a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/BeanPropertyDefinition.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">BeanPropertyDefinition</a>></code></td> 259<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findProperties()">findProperties</a></strong>()</code> </td> 260</tr> 261<tr class="altColor"> 262<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util">Converter</a><<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>,<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a>></code></td> 263<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findSerializationConverter()">findSerializationConverter</a></strong>()</code> 264<div class="block">Method for finding <a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/util/Converter.html" title="interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.util"><code>Converter</code></a> used for serializing instances 265 of this class.</div> 266</td> 267</tr> 268<tr class="rowColor"> 269<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.1/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonInclude.Include.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonInclude.Include</a></code></td> 270<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findSerializationInclusion(com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude.Include)">findSerializationInclusion</a></strong>(<a href="http://fasterxml.github.com/jackson-annotations/javadoc/2.1.1/com/fasterxml/jackson/annotation/JsonInclude.Include.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation">JsonInclude.Include</a> defValue)</code> </td> 271</tr> 272<tr class="altColor"> 273<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/reflect/Constructor.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang.reflect">Constructor</a><?></code></td> 274<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#findSingleArgConstructor(java.lang.Class...)">findSingleArgConstructor</a></strong>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?>... argTypes)</code> 275<div class="block">Method that can be called to locate a single-arg constructor that 276 takes specified exact type (will not accept supertype constructors)</div> 277</td> 278</tr> 279<tr class="rowColor"> 280<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a><?></code></td> 281<td 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java.util">List</a><<a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/introspect/AnnotatedMethod.html" title="class in com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.introspect">AnnotatedMethod</a>></code></td> 303<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getFactoryMethods()">getFactoryMethods</a></strong>()</code> </td> 304</tr> 305<tr class="altColor"> 306<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Set.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.util">Set</a><<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>></code></td> 307<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#getIgnoredPropertyNames()">getIgnoredPropertyNames</a></strong>()</code> </td> 308</tr> 309<tr class="rowColor"> 310<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a 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323<tr class="rowColor"> 324<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract boolean</code></td> 325<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#hasKnownClassAnnotations()">hasKnownClassAnnotations</a></strong>()</code> 326<div class="block">Method for checking whether class being described has any 327 annotations recognized by registered annotation introspector.</div> 328</td> 329</tr> 330<tr class="altColor"> 331<td class="colFirst"><code>abstract <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</a></code></td> 332<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/BeanDescription.html#instantiateBean(boolean)">instantiateBean</a></strong>(boolean fixAccess)</code> 333<div class="block">Method called to create a "default instance" of the bean, currently 334 only needed for obtaining default field values which may be 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